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Social Services: Employers' Contributions

Commons · Question 36237 · Tabled 6 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 27 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed increase in secondary Class 1 National Insurance contributions to 15% on (a) care provider employees, (b) the contr

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 27 Mar 2025

The Government considered the cost pressures facing adult social care as part of the wider consideration of local government spending within the Spending Review process in 2024. To enable local authorities to deliver key services such as adult social care...